Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) Insider Kevin Boyd Acquires 4,000 Shares of Stock

Galliford Try Holdings plc (LON:GFRD) insider Kevin Boyd bought 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 528 per share, with a total value of £21,120.

Galliford Try Price Performance

Shares of GFRD stock opened at GBX 527.96 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 530.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 522.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.47, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.89. The firm has a market cap of £518.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.04, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 0.42. Galliford Try Holdings plc has a one year low of GBX 359.50 and a one year high of GBX 585.

Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 4th. The company reported GBX 18.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Galliford Try had a return on equity of 30.23% and a net margin of 1.93%. On average, analysts expect that Galliford Try Holdings plc will post 25.1560178 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Berenberg Bank lifted their price target on shares of Galliford Try from GBX 620 to GBX 650 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, Galliford Try currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 600.

Galliford Try Company Profile

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups, working to improve the UK’s built environment, delivering positive, lasting change for the communities we work in on behalf of our clients.

Our business operates mainly under the Galliford Try and Morrison Construction brands, focusing on areas where we have core and proven strengths, namely in Building, Highways and Environment. We see long-term growth and appropriate margins in these markets.

Our company is founded on our values of excellence, passion, integrity and collaboration, and our vision is to be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.